Kaithal vs Shivamogga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Shivamogga.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Shivamogga averaged 55 — a 71-point (129%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Shivamogga the cleaner of the two. On 1411 days when both cities reported, Shivamogga was cleaner on 1268 of them; the average daily gap was 88 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Shivamogga peaks in February. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shivamogga was 0% Severe and 97.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Shivamogga 233 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Shivamogga has improved by 16 AQI points (22.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Shivamogga hit AQI 202 at Vinoba Nagara (KSPCB) on 2021-08-04.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Shivamogga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).